Car manufacturers have been stuffing new cars (especially luxury models) with a lot of new electronics - and they aren't always debugged:
And while some automakers force car owners to sign nondisclosure agreements to avoid bad publicity when their electronics go haywire, the Internet is abuzz with the horror stories.
A widely posted Associated Press story reported that the Thai minister of finance was trapped inside his BMW when a computer malfunction locked the car's doors and windows; a bystander had to break one of the car's windows with a sledgehammer to let him escape.
I wonder what software development tools are used for these kinds of systems - is it still the fiefdom of C?
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